Overalls



A. HOSMER.

OVERALLS. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 26, 1918- Patented July 6, 1920 fif/lwr Hosmer,

ARTHUR I-IOSIVIER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

OVERALLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented July 6, 1920.

Application filed. October 26, 1918. Serial No. 259,811.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ann-run T'IOSMER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Overalls; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has reference more particularly to a combination working garment having a continuous neck band and an opening in the back through which the body of the wearer is inserted into the garment and provided with a flap for partially closing the back opening and a belt strap which is the only fastening required to hold the garment in place. v

The object of my invention is to provide a combination working garment in which the neck fastenings are eliminated and which is held in place by a single fastening at the waist.

Another object of my invention is to provide a combination working garment having an opening in the garment through which the body of the wearer is inserted and provided with a continuous neck band which is shaped to the shoulders of the wearer to hold the garment in place thereon.

Another object of my invention is to provide a combination worlcing garment with an opening in the back through which the body of the wearer is inserted, and having a continuous neck band and side portions reaching around behind the body and connected with the neck band so as to be held in position to maintain the garment on the wearer.

Another object of my invention is to provide a combination working garment with an opening in the back through which the body of the wearer is inserted, and having a flap portion closing the said opening, and a belt strap for holding the flap in the closed position, which strap is fastened at the front of the waist.

My invention also has other important objects which will appear from the following specification and the accompanying drawings, in which I have described and illustrated my invention in a preferred form.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a garment with portions of the sleeves broken away to show details of construction.

Fig. 2 is a back view of the garment with the flap opened.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line of Fig. 1.

Fig. l is an enlarged sectional view on the line l l of Fig. 2. 7'

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of portions of the straps and the buckles for fastening the belt straps.

Fig. 6 is a view looking at the under surface of the structure shown in Fig. 5.

As shown on the drawings:

The garment comprises the leg portions 1, and the front body covering portion 2, with side flaps 3, which extend part way around behind the body and are separated a sufficient distance to provide an opening through which the body of the wearer is inserted in the garment. The upper ends of the side flaps 3 are connected together to provide a continuous neck band at the back of the neck opening 5, said opening being large enough to admit the hand of the wearer without necessitating separation of the band, and a strip 6 is sewed to the upper portions of the side flaps 3 and to said neck band 4., so as to provide a wide strap shaped to fit over the shoulders and back of the neck, as shown particularly in Figs. 2 and 4, said strip also holding the flaps 3 inwardly and preventing enlargement of the opening therebetween, thus serving to hold the garment more securely in place.

Sleeves 7, may be attached at each side of the garment in the usual manner.

The back opening extends downwardly be low the waist line approximately to the line of the hip joint, and along the lower end of the opening a flap 8 is sewed or otherwise attached, which. when turned upwardly 2 covers the lower portion of the back opening up to the waist line, as shown in Fig. 1. The lateral dimensions of this flap are greater than the widthof the back opening so that the flap extends over the side flaps 3, at each side of the opening therebetween. A strap 9, is secured to the top of the flap 8, at each side thereof so as to be drawn around in front of the garment and fastened together to hold the flap up in place, and there is a loop 10, at each side of the garment through which the strap 9, is passed.

The buckle or fastener in the present illustration comprises the two buckle elements 11 and 12, which are formed from a wire and the former of which is provided with a hook 13, and the latter of which is provided with an eye 14, or loop, engaged by the hook 13. The buckle element 11, comprises a wire frame 15, whichhas the hook portion 11, hinged thereto at the forward end as at 16, and the strap 9, looped around the hinge as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and there are rearwardly extending tongues 17, which engage through the strap to hold the buckle in place thereon. The other buckle element likewise has a similar frame 17, with a loop 14-, at the forward end, and the strap 9, passes through the-loop and is secured to the frame of the buckle by means of the rearwardly extending tongues 18, as

, shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

A slit indicated by the dotted line at 19, may also be provided at the front of the garment and is normally covered by the flap 20, which hangs thereover inside the garment.

The operation is as follows: To place the garment on the body, the flap 8, is lowered to the position shown in Fig. 2, and the legs inserted through the rear opening into the leg portions 1, after which the head is inserted through the head opening 5, and the arms into the sleeves 7, after which the back flap is raised'and the straps 9, in-

serted through the loops 10, and fastened together at the front of the garment in the position shown in Fig. 1. The extension of the flaps 3, around behind the body and the connection of the neck band a, therewith, and the use of the strips 6, which are shaped to fit over the shoulders and tend to hold the flaps 3, around behind the body have the effect of retaining the garment securely in place. The use of the belt straps 9, passed through the loops 10, and secured together at the front not only affords a con.- venient method of fastening the garment, but also as the belt is free to slip somewhat around the body avoids the pull and strain on the fastenings which occurs when the flap is buttoned or fastened directlyto the garment.

While I have shown and described my invention in a preferred form, I am aware that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the principles of my invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention: 1

1. A garment of the class described, comprising leg portions, a front body portion integral with said leg portions and having a neck opening at the top thereof, said front body portion being extended into a neck band adapted to fit over the shoulders and adapted when raised to overlap the side flaps and to close the lower half of the back opening up to approximately the waist-line.

.ii-r garment of the class described, comprising leg portions, a front body portion integral with said leg portions and having a neck opening at the top thereof, said front body portion being extended into a neck band adapted to fit over the shoulders and around the back of the neck of the wearer, side flaps extending from said front body portion around the sides of the body and partially covering the back, said side flaps being separated to provide an opening therebetween to admit the body of the wearer into the garment, a strip secured to the upper poitions of said side flaps and the neck band to provide, with said neck band, a wide strap, and to hold said side flaps inwardly, and a flap secured along the lower edge of the rear opening and adapted wheniraised to overlap the side flaps and to close the lower half of the back opening up to approximately the waist-line.

. 3. A garment of the class described, comprising leg portions, a front body portion integral. with said leg portions and having a neck opening at the top thereof, said front body portion being extended into a neck baud adapted to fit over the shoulders and around the back of the neck of the wearer, said flaps extending from said front body portion around the sides of the body and partially covering the back, said side flaps being separated to provide an opening therebetween to admit the body of the wearer into the garment, a strip secured to the upper portions of said side flaps and the neck band to provide, with said neck band, a wide strap, and to hold said side fiaps inwardly, a flap secured along the lower edge of the rear opening and adapted when raised to overlap. the side flaps and to close the lower half of the back opening up to approximately the waist-line, straps on each side of said flap. and means for fastening the ends of said straps together at the front of the garment. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR HOSMER. Witnesses: V

EARL M. HARDINE,

CHARLES W. HILLS, Jr. 

